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The Frighteners
In an interesting story about that architect named Frank Panister. Frank passes by himself as an exorcist. Perhaps Frank will do a great job when Satanic spirit emerges, where he is the only person who can prevent her from killing the living and the dead in a terrible way. It is the most terrifying issue in Frank's life and perhaps in the lives of everyone who fears that Evil will appear.
24 March 1944, Emporia, Kansas, USA
1 January 1936, Colombo, Sri Lanka
14 December 1948, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
10 January 1959, Wellington, New Zealand
30 March 1930, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
March 07, 2003
Woulda been five stars, but the cop-out ending smacks of the test-screening process.January 01, 2000
A mess with sporadic flashes of creativity.February 14, 2001
Fortunately director Jackson, at home with all kinds of excess, keeps everything spinning nicely, not even losing a step when the mood turns increasingly disturbing.March 18, 2003
Quirky Peter Jackson film that's half comedy and half horror/gore-fest. Mostly enjoyable results, although Fox a bit miscast.December 04, 2003
It actually works up till its last few minutes.January 23, 2006
Despite being awful in almost every respect, The Frighteners does offer one small pleasure: R. Lee Ermey parodying his Full Metal Jacket drill sergeant character.January 26, 2006
At times the relentless special effects and tangled plotting veer towards visual and narrative overkill, but the final tonal swerve is shocking and effective.July 14, 2003
An incredibly underrated scare-comedy from Peter Jackson that deserves a much wider audience.May 20, 2003
The actors can't keep the film's mood from verging on hysteria as the story roams all over the map. "The Frighteners" has flitted everywhere, even to heaven and hell, before it's over.January 01, 2000
An object lesson in what to avoid when making the transition from low-budget films to studio productions.March 26, 2009
Story was originally conceived as an episode of "Tales From the Crypt," and that is perhaps what it should have remained, as the thinness of the conceit shows throughout, painfully so in the first half.December 15, 2010
Violent, frenzied, foul-mouthed ghost comedy.